Question

Caleb plans to divide a 20-lb bag of dog food into 3 equal-size containers. Between which two whole numbers does the number of pounds of dog food in each container lie?

Answer 1

Hi there!

Since

3 × 7 = 21

and

3 × 6 = 18

and

18 < 20 < 21,

and since

19 < 20 < 21,

the answer is 19 and 21.

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